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American Alpine Club Library, also located in the AMC. The AAC is a 501(c)(3) organization supported by gifts and grants from individuals, corporations and foundations, member dues, and income from lodging, publications and restricted endowments.
The David A. Sowles Memorial Award is the American Alpine Club's highest award for valour, bestowed at irregular intervals on mountaineers who have "distinguished themselves, with unselfish devotion at personal risk or sacrifice of a major objective, in going to the assistance of fellow climbers imperilled in the mountains."
The American Alpine Journal is an annual magazine published by the American Alpine Club.Its mission is "to document and communicate mountain exploration." [1] The headquarters is in Golden, Colorado.
Hall was a supporter of the American Alpine Club Library [1] which was established in 1916 [26] and is now regarded as "one of the world’s finest collections of mountain-related artifacts, archives, rare books, maps, and media". It is now named the Henry S. Hall Jr. American Alpine Club Library. [27]
He led the 10-man 1966–67 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Vinson, the summit of Antarctica, and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range. [1] He was president of the American Alpine Club from 1968 to 1970. [5] He also made the first ascent of Tibet's Ulugh Muztagh, in 1985. [6]
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Lowe was the 1990 recipient of the American Alpine Club's Robert and Miriam Underhill Award, renamed the Pinnacle Award in 2022. The award is given "annually to a person who, in the opinion of the selection committee, has demonstrated the highest level of skill in the mountaineering arts and who, through the application of this skill, courage, and perseverance, has achieved outstanding success ...
The American Alpine Club has released a report explaining the costs of a rescue and the potential problems resulting from charging for rescues. [3] The MRA has issued a similar defence of climbers interests. [4]